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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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